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The most titillating detail in the IG report, it turns out, is that Christopher Steele, the erstwhile British super-spy and the author of the dossier that bears his name, had a personal relationship with a member of the Trump family. Julia Macfarlane at ABC News confirmed that said family member wasmirabile dictuthe presidents favorite daughter:
[D]ining together in New York at a restaurant just blocks from Trump Tower sounds suspiciously like going out on a date.
Parkhomenko might be right to still not believe this rumoror rumour, I supposebecause its probably all smoke and no fire (although the smoke is sultry and the fire is hot). Most likely, Steele, who in 2008 was about to launch his own business in the private sector, was working a deep-pocketed potential client and nothing more.
On the other hand I mean, its certainly possible. Consider: At the time, Steeles life was in flux. He was 44 years old, in what would be his last year at MI6. His wife Laura, with whom he had two children, was terminally ill. A year later he was a widower, and had left the spy game to form his own company, Orbis. Would he have enjoyed the flirtations of a young American beauty (the above photo is from 2009, before Ivanka went Kremlin Barbie and began speaking like post-Ray of Light Madonna) at such a tumultuous time in his life? Put it this way: hed have rather dined with her than, say, Eric.
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Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Because, as Catbyte would say, she's the daughter of "that Thing."
Hat tip to Catbyte
duforsure
(11,885 posts)If he was aware of their relationship, and why her emails should now be exposed showing her involvement, and was he working for her too?
Me.
(35,454 posts)was Steele her rebound and revenge? And was the report his?
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)but, if her daddy can be a serial cheater, no reason why Ivanka can't do the same?
Me.
(35,454 posts)and Kushner had dumped her so she was a free agent. Considering he dumped her, his family didn't like her and he's so totally creepy, why did she marry him?
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Also converted
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)I wonder if Steele was cultivating her for information.
Ilsa
(61,707 posts)I wonder how much info Steele was able to glean from her and whatever he could access from apartments in TT.
Hav
(5,969 posts)As the Fusion GPS founders recently suggested, they think they were rather acquaintances than anything more.
And the fact that his wife was terminally ill makes it less likely for me. I'd hope that if accusations of him betraying his dying wife are made, they'd better be substantiated.
But it was brought up to counter the claim that Steele was an extremely biased anti-Trumper.
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)This is probably more of the same, rather than some romantic thing.